Oyster, European flat
Europe, inland waters
Deelgebieden: Limfjord
Bottom culture
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In februari 2013 the Dutch oyster fishery in the Grevelingen and the Oosterschelde has been MSC-certifiedMSC Certified:
Fisheries that comply with the Marine Stewardship Council assessment criteria and are certified. Fish products with the blue MSC label are caught by sustainable fisheries.. Despite the fact that it is aquaculture, the MSC standard for sustainably caught fish was still applicable. This is due to the fact that it is a form of aquaculture in which almost the whole process takes place in the wild and in a natural, uncontrolled manner.
The Dutch oyster fishery has received the MSC certificate after an independent team of scientists had established that the cultivation is carried out in such a controlled manner that there is no talk of overfishingOverfishing:
There is so much fish caught that the size of the stock has diminished so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. and that undesirable effects on wildlife in and around the sea are limited to an absolute minimum.
Since 2017, the oyster fishery in Limfjorden in Denmark has also been MSC-certified.